Aronia melanocarpa

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Aronia melanocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Aronia
Species:
A. melanocarpa
Binomial name
Aronia melanocarpa
(
Michx.) Elliott
1821
Synonyms
Synonymy

Aronia melanocarpa, called the black chokeberry, is a species of

Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south as far as Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia.[1] This plant has been introduced and is cultivated in Europe
.

It is a branching shrub with glossy dark green

berries
.

When raw, the fruits are

but the flavor improves when used in recipes with added sugar.

Gallery

  • Fresh berries
    Fresh berries

References

  1. ^ "Aronia melanocarpa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  2. ^ Pankhurst, Richard J. (2014). "Aronia melanocarpa". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 9. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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